linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH 1/2] introduce ALS sysfs class

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Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:18:57 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>
Cc:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	"alan@...ux.intel.com" <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"Cory T. Tusar" <ctusar@...eon-central.com>,
	"Trisal, Kalhan" <kalhan.trisal@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 1/2] introduce ALS sysfs class

On Tue 2009-09-22 13:42:23, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> Zhang Rui wrote:
> > Hi, Jonathan,
> > 
> > this is the refresh ALS sysfs class driver.
> > I just introduced one sysfs attribute "illuminance", because
> > I didn't catch the exact meaning of the others like "???infrared".
> > So it would be great if you can generate an incremental patch
> > to introduce the other optional attributes needed, and update
> > the documentation as well. :)
> Will do, though may just leave it out of first pass of drivers
> (as it may be controversial and it would be nice to get something
> in place before the arguments begin!)
> 
> All looks nice and clean. The only real question is whether
> we want to standardize naming of devices under sysfs (like hwmon does)
> or allow the individual drivers to do the naming?

Allow the drivers to do the naming. Having useless name like "als0",
with als0/name telling me what the driver is is bad.
								Pavel

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